Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tomus (weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
  3. guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler

Declension edit

Alternative declension

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tomhas thomhas dtomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish tomus (weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess).

Noun edit

tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measurement
  3. dimension, size
    Synonym: meudachd
  4. measure (device)
  5. survey (of land, etc.)
    Synonym: suirbhidh
  6. calculation, computation
  7. guess
    Synonyms: barail, tuairmse

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tomhas thomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.